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Danny Dyer plays tech tycoon Freddie Jones in hit bonkbuster series Rivals, but it's painfully obvious early on in his new reality show The Dyers' Caravan Park that lacks Freddie's business acumen.
61 days ago
‘We are no longer apologising’: Éanna Hardwicke on Ireland’s cultural confidence and what it’s like to play Roy Keane ⊕
Currently on stage in a play that provoked riots, the rising Irish actor is also stepping into Keane’s boots to replay a notorious footballing feud. But, he says, his country feels more empowered tha…
88 days ago
‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard ⊕⊕
The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked…
3 months ago
Secrets of the cow-skulled scarecrow: did one man’s cruel tales inspire Paula Rego’s best paintings? ⊕
When the great artist saw a shocking play by Martin McDonagh about the torture of children, she asked him for more dark stories. As the vivid, extraordinary works they triggered go on show, the playw…
‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side ⊕
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With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
Few writers are as universally admired as Chekhov. As Book…
David Harewood is branded 'captivating' as Toby Jones is hailed for a 'stellar performance' as 'gleefully malicious Iago' as Othello returns to the West End stage with a starry cast ⊕
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For David, this is his second go at the role, having previously been the first black actor to play the part at the National Theatre in 1997.
4 months ago
Prunella Scales obituary ⊕
Versatile stage and screen actor who found TV comedy fame as Sybil Fawlty and later played Elizabeth II on stage
Although it became virtually a weekly occurrence to find Queen Elizabeth II treading th…
Shobna Gulati: ‘If I could choose to bring something extinct back to life? A 1970s disco’ ⊕
The actor on a treasured wedding bangle, a ‘secretarial’ job that was anything but, and a painful incident at the theatre
Born in Oldham, Shobna Gulati, 59, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics …
Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love ⊕⊕
Beginning, Middle and End form a trilogy charting the ups and downs of different relationships. Audiences have taken them to their heart – one couple saw the first play on a date, got married and had…
David Harewood returns to Othello: ‘I don’t just want to open the door but kick it down for the people behind me’ ⊕
He first played Othello in 1997, when the role was still synonymous with white thespians ‘blacking up’. Now, nearly three decades on, he, Chiwetel Ejiofor and other Black actors discuss how best to t…